Will Trump Leave ….the United States?

Of the 400 pages of the just released Mueller Report, one sentence stands out, and it was not pronounced by an investigator: When the appointment of the Special Counsel was announced, according to eye witnesses, the President shouted: “This is terrible! It’s the end of my presidency, I’m f’d!”

The report respected the tradition that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However, he could be as soon as he leaves office; and meanwhile, he could be forced to leave by being impeached. Neither option is bound to attract a man used to gilded furniture. But there is a third option, the one suggested by Trump’s apparent recognition that his presidency is doomed: he could resign (leaving the reviled Vice-President Pence in charge) and flee to a friendly country. Although he has hotels in the far corners of the world, something tells me he would be most likely to choose Russia, where he’s been wanting to build a Trump Tower for years.

Journalists are now speculating that beyond messing with the 2016 election, the Russian government used Donald Trump as a........